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In the early 19 t h century, the brothers Cheney – Ward, Charles, Ralph, Rush, Frank, John and Seth – invested their time and money in a Manchester silk mill that would eventually take the family name ...

How do you decorate the underside of a leaf? Why you hang your eggs there of course. How do you capture tasty river morsels? Well you'd want to make a net. You need a miracle substance to make this ...

The tough silk spun by spiders with the greatest of ease has long inspired human imitators. In a process not yet fully understood, spiders transform dissolved proteins in their silk-making glands ...

Wang Yishi (1st R) listens to the notice for keeping silk products at his Jili silk museum in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 11, 2020. Jili silk, produced in Jili Village of Huzhou, ...

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The sumptuous craft was introduced along the country’s trade routes centuries ago. Even now, links to this delicate tradition still remain. By Esi Edugyan 1. TBILISI RISES OUT of the steep banks of ...

A simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria -- even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax -- in minutes.

These suit sets are perfect for Lohri 2026, blending festive elegance with winter comfort. Ideal for bonfire nights, family gatherings, and celebrations.

Researchers have demonstrated the use of photolithography to pattern simple optical devices out of silk proteins (ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01380). Researchers at Tufts ...